The trial of the 23-year-old woman who was fatally gang-raped in India last month is set to begin today. The five men accused in the rape will be brought forth in a "fast track" trial created after global outrage erupted in the wake of the assault.
But the process is atypical of the Indian justice system. A United Nations study reports that India has just 14 judges per million people, making it the fourth lowest in the world.
Law enforcement is not only ineffective, it is harmful to the people it is supposed to protect. India has only 1,585,117 officers to protect 1.2 billion people, making it the second lowest ratio among 50 countries ranked by the United Nations.
Arvind Verma is a professor of criminal justice at Indiana University and an expert on the Indian police and a consultant to the government.
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I worked as a Rape Crisis therapist so my interest in this topic is of great interest.Imagine my horror when your questions seem to focus on how terrible it is for women in India. You did not allow the person you invited to speak on the topic to share his views, it seems to me you think your views are paramount. Excuse me!! Violence is a part of some women lives in good old North America, the terrible rapes and violence that is glossed over by the media as well as women afraid to report is something that must be addressed. Now the biased Colonial laws in India and the oppression of its women and men will no longer be under cover the women of India will take it no more.Changes are a comming because the population of that country are rising to stamp out the embedded coruption placed there by Colonial powers and is now being used by the politicians. This is typical the wounded now being the wounder....Please in the future think about the facts and the large population and democracy[can you get your media in China no it is closed] of India as well as those of Indian desents living here in North America who listen to your program. I am amazed how little is known even by a station as educational as NPR ABOUT INDIA.I heard some statements in the past and just said wow I CANNOT BELIEVE THIS.... After this morning I decided to COMMENT.Thanks Kay Nandlall.
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